2015 Naughton Fellowship awardees announced

Published: May 08, 2015

Author: Joanne Fahey

Twenty-one winners of the Naughton Fellowships were announced today by the Graduate School. The research fellowships were awarded to undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D. students from Notre Dame and from Ireland. This year’s winners from Notre Dame represent three Notre Dame colleges and schools, including Arts and Letters, Engineering, and Science.

Speaking about the awardees, Peter Kilpatrick, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering said, “Notre Dame is so very thankful for the remarkable generosity of the Naughton family, who have funded these fellowships for the past six years. Notre Dame is deeply committed to advancing opportunities for international study, exchange, research, and scholarship with Ireland and its institutions of higher learning. I am grateful to the Naughtons and the entire Notre Dame team in Ireland and very pleased that we have continuously deepened our ties to Ireland. With a full cohort of incoming and outgoing Naughton Fellows, I look forward to meeting all of our Naughton Fellows and learning of their experiences and accomplishments.”

The 2015 Naughton Fellowship awardees from the College of Science are as follows:

Margaret Gegick, a Notre Dame Preprofessional Studies major and Bioengineering minor, will undertake research at Trinity College Dublin.

Dublin City University’s Cleo Harvey and Tessa Ronan, Trinity College Dublin’s Abigail Walsh and Ainé Cahill, and University College Cork’s Darragh Lombard will all travel to Notre Dame for an undergraduate research experience.

The Naughton Fellowship program allows students with a background in, or aptitude for, STEM fields to experience international research and educational opportunities through a funded exchange program involving the University of Notre Dame and some of Ireland’s leading research universities. Irish undergraduates, Master’s students, and Ph.D. candidates can come to Notre Dame on the fellowship, while Notre Dame undergraduates, Master’s students, and Ph.D. candidates can travel to Ireland to study and complete research.